Removing crome from plastic?

Search the forums for your answer ,this must be one of the most asked questions ,hmmm maybe there is a topic here.....................Welcome to the forums as well!

Thanks for the welcome, but it's sort of un needed. I have been on the forums for a while, but I havn't been super-active. This is, however, my first posting in the Autos section (so you could say Welcome to the Auto forums!)

I tried a search, but I didn't find a lot ( Mabe I'm looking for it in the wrong way. Mabe it's worth another look)

I'll try again later. 

Try the techniques forum I know I have seen this before................. Or on the scale auto forums

Soak the parts in Castrol SuperClean.  Simple Green works well also.  I either use a Zip-Lock bag or a butter container w/lid.  Usually overnight will do the trick.

Railfan223: I just scrape it off with a no.11 exacto knife blade.            Aceses5

  Simple Green. I knew it was strong enough to remove grease, grime, and whatever else was stuck to old machinery, but I never knew it was potent enough to remove chrome-plating (mabe I should have clued in when a bottle spilled over, and the spill stripped some paint from an engine I was repairing)

 I thought about the use of an Exacto #11 blade in a hobby knife, but I was scared off from it when I opened the Mercury's chrome parts bag. Too much detail to loose (I tried it before, with an old kit, and still regretting it)    

 I can't wait for this summer vacation (it's 3 one-half days of school away) The rust-bucket Mercury is my big project (next to finally fixing that rusting Briggs&Stratton, and making a golf-cart with it (Can anyone say Suped-up NASCAR on the greens?)

All the above are great ways to do it. I use an old GLASS Mayonaisse jar with a tight fitting lid filled halfway with straight bleach (the kind your mom has near the clothes washer). When working with it make sure you have plenty of ventilation and wear rubber gloves. Just drop the pieces in and let them sit overnight. Remove the next day with a pair of tweezers. Wash with warm soap and water. I've used the same jar full for quite a few years.

Jim

Another vote for Super Clean...you can almost literally watch the chrome dissolve off the part. Last time I did this on an engine part, the chrome was totally gone within about 10 mins. or so with no scrubbing or scraping needed.

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All the above are great ways to do it. I use an old GLASS Mayonaisse jar with a tight fitting lid filled halfway with straight bleach (the kind your mom has near the clothes washer). When working with it make sure you have plenty of ventilation and wear rubber gloves. Just drop the pieces in and let them sit overnight. Remove the next day with a pair of tweezers. Wash with warm soap and water. I've used the same jar full for quite a few years.

Jim

Thanks, I thought about the use of bleach (I saw it in Karl Logan's article on the Chevy Nomad) but I had no clue how long to leave it in.

The bleach-in-glass-jar methood seems perfict for me.

One question, insted of a glass mayonaisse jar, can a  Mayson jar work? (Mayson jars, the old canning jars for home-grown pickled peppers)

I would do what you suggested, with the mayo jar, but it's only used in Tuna Salad (which only my dad and sister eat) around my house so, my mom will think I've gone crazy if I asked for a jar of mayonaisse. (we only buy 2 or so plastic jugs a year)

I have used Mason jars in the past. They are great in that the top seals very well and so it prevents the bleach vapors from leaking out around your workbench. I lost my last one when I disposed of the used bleach, washed out the jar and left it on the wash tub to dry. Came down the next morning to get it and found it on the floor in many, many pieces. One of our furry family members pushed it off the counter during the time we were out back cooking on the barbecue. I don't leave the mayo jar downstairs any more. I'm just too cheap to buy Mason jars when we use a fair amount of Mayo.

Jim

 That's good. I have some mayson jars laying around, and I hope to convince my mom to let me take-up canning when the vegtables and peppers ripen (it shouldn't be too big a problem to get an extra case of them)

Easy Off oven cleaner.

Good method, but I use the back side of the blade.  If you use the sharp edge, you run the risk of cutting into the part.